Danna D. Schmidt

Master Life-Cycle Celebrant®  
Ordained Wedding Officiant  
Funerals/Memorials Specialist  
Certified Grief Educator/Tender  
ADEC-Certified Thanatologist®  

Snippets + Snapshots

  Curious about the kinds of ceremonies I craft?

  The hallmark to every ceremony is story, no matter the life moment.


I’ve compiled a rich sampling of the stories, symbols, rituals, and thematic touches that help lend power and poignancy to life’s myriad milestone + ceremonious moments. So if it’s Love Stories you seek, you’ll find an array of tales here.

For other ceremonies across the lifespan ~ be these house blessings, Coming of Age ceremonies, seasonal rites, or other healing and transition ceremonies ~ visit my Waypoints page

Or if you seek ways to honor End of Life gatherings, sift through some of the ceremonial ideas described in Memorial Moments.

And whatever you don’t find there, you’re sure to find in my Blog archiveThere, I muse on everything from creative healing rituals, to ways to honor the changing of the seasons or a new calendar year, to how to infuse intentionality, ritual, and magical thinking in all that you do. (Hint: it begins with recognizing that all life is ceremony). Spend some time in the archive and you’ll quickly discover that grief, rituals of remembrance, legacy projects, and death preparedness are all topics near and dear to my celebrant heart.   

Say it RITE…the Ceremonious Way!

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